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History of Jaywalker
Therefore, jaywalker is an analogy of person who does something city people don't do. "No Jaywalker" sign is to remind people not to do something strange that the others don't do which, in turn, violates the law. Actually, the real meaning of Jay is a type of birds. They are so colorful but look silly and clumsy. That's why we use the word jay to ironically call people who just come from up country. Pedestrian = People on sidewalk Analogy = A comparison to something similarly Clumsy = Awkward, lacking pysical condition Ironically = Adv. for ironic means compare something to somethingelse in a negative or funny way.
Some sources from http://www.thefreedictionary.com *Each word can have more than one meaning. The meaning here is just to favor the article Back to the top | Next History | Back to History Corner
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